
*The Political Economy of Bad Data: Evidence from African Survey and Administrative Statistics

*July 10, 2014

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// DATA 
**DPT3.dta and Measles.dta
 *These datasets contain information on DPT3 and measles coverage rates among countries in  from two sources: the WHO and DHS. 
 *The DHS indicators we used were the DPT3 and measles coverage rates by source of information. We use data from either source of information, which includes information from vaccination cards and mothers' reports. 
 *Coverage rates from the WHO are the offical WHO/UNICEF estimates of national immunization coverage.

	Sources: 
	  Measure DHS. 2013. The DHS Program STATcompiler. Available online at www.statcompiler.com. Accessed on August 20, 2013. 
	  World Health Organization. 2013. Global Health Observatory Data Repository. Geneva, WHO. Accessed on March 6, 2013.


**Education.dta and  
 *This dataset contains information on primary school enrollment rates across 21 African countries from survey and administrative data sources.
 *The administrative data are drawn from the World Bank WDI. The indicator used is SE.PRM.NENR - School enrollment, primary (% net).
 *Survey data are from the DHS. The relevant indicator is School attendance ratios: Primary school, Total, Net attendance ratio. 
 *More information on the KNBS figures in that draft can be found Bold, Kimenyi, Mwabu and Sandefur (2011).

	Sources:
	  Bold, T., M. Kimenyi, G. Mwabu, and J. Sandefur. 2011. �The High Return to Private Schooling in a Low-Income Country.� Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 279, Washington, DC.
 	  Measure DHS. 2013. The DHS Program STATcompiler. Available online at www.statcompiler.com.  Accessed on August 21, 2013. 
	  World Bank. 2013. World Development Indicators. Washington, DC: World Bank. Accessed on March 28, 2013. 

// DO FILES
**Education.do 

**Health.do